Just stopping by to say Hi

[Lazerbolt]

You guys should drop in on a group flight some Friday. That's right, we still fly every Friday night and we would love to see all of you. Even if you just drop by Discord for a while we could catch up a little.

[Alec]

Time flies. I came here to be nostalgic and was not let down. It's good to hear that old friends are still trucking on despite the passage of time.

Cheers,
Alec

[Wingman]

Wow! The Panthers win the Stanley Cup (again), Mel Brooks announces Spaceballs 2, AND an update post from Spartan all within the same 30-day period?--what a time to be alive!

It's great to see how you've been tackling new challenges head-on... congrats on all fronts!

BTW, the wife and I found our new favorite vacation spot not far from you (she became a big fan of Yoder's). I'll have to connect the next time we plan on driving out there!

Happy 4th and happy upcoming birthday!

~WT

[Spartan0536]

Hello everyone,

It's been awhile, I have been very busy as now a father of 2 (6 year old girl and an 11 month old boy) and undergoing professional flight training. In fact I just passed my ground portion of my checkride this afternoon and got a discontinuance due to weather, I will be finishing up the flight portion next week (from this posting). If Travis stops by for his reference I am not training under part 141 I am under part 61.

It's been a long road with some struggles to get where I am due to my eye injury but its more than possible. I have no useful vision in my left eye, and I had to get a SODA (Statement Of Demonstrated Ability) from a medical test flight with either an ASI or DPE, its the FSDO's discretion there. It took 1 year & 6 months just to get that taken care of after I started flying under a Temporary 1st Class Medical (needed to see if I could get a 1st class to make sure I could go to the airlines if that is what I choose to do).

Since I have been doing a lot of IRL flying I really don't fly in MSFS that much anymore, it really does take it out of you, I don't know why but it just seems that way, at least for me. I hope all of you have been doing well, and I will try to stop by from time to time to check back in.